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Race for Allentown mayor: Candidates offer dueling visions for city’s future

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is seeking re-election while City Council member Ed Zucal has announced a primary challenge in 2025. Here are their platforms.

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk, left, and Allentown City Councilman Ed Zucal, right. (The Morning Call Staff Photos)

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania in this year’s election has prompted predictable vows to rebound, but it has also sowed doubts about whether Pennsylvania might be leaving the ranks of up-for-grabs swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s.

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Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

Pennsylvania’s state House map makes districts politically representative, but less competitive. This makes it hard for either party to get a big majority.

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How did Democrats keep their Pa. House majority during a red wave? Redistricting is part of the answer.

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey asked for the recount to be ended, the Pennsylvania Department of State told counties

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Pennsylvania calls off recount in U.S. Senate race after Casey concedes to McCormick

By Carter Walker

November 22, 2024 at 11:09 a.m.

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey asked for the recount to be ended, the Pennsylvania Department...

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on Thursday, as a recount showed no signs of closing the gap.

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Bob Casey concedes Pa. Senate race, congratulates Dave McCormick on win

By Marc Levy

November 21, 2024 at 9:25 p.m.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania conceded his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick on...

Two weeks after the election, Northampton County went through the painstaking step of reviewing hundreds of provisional ballots, which could determine who wins Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat.

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Northampton County resolves most ballot challenges amid Senate recount. Nearly 100 still face lawsuits.

By Anthony Salamone

November 20, 2024 at 11:43 a.m.

Two weeks after the election, Northampton County went through the painstaking step of reviewing hundreds...

The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.

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Pa. mail ballot fight is latest example of messy disputes over election rules

By Marc Levy

November 19, 2024 at 4:59 p.m.

The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election...

Candidates are deciding it is easier to pay the $250 fine than have the public know before the election who is funding their campaigns, a Pennsylvania lawmaker says.

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Pa. candidates choosing to pay $250 late fee to avoid revealing donors, lawmakers say

By Ford Turner

November 19, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

Candidates are deciding it is easier to pay the $250 fine than have the public...

Bucks County Board of Commissioners Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia said Monday that her comments about violating a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order on not counting misdated mail ballots were taken out of context after they set off a national backlash against the county’s election board.

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Bucks County commissioner under fire for comment about violating election law apologizes, blames ‘misinterpretation’

By Emily Bloch

November 19, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Bucks County Board of Commissioners Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia said Monday that her comments about violating...

The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court has ordered Bucks and other counties not to count misdated and undated mail ballots in the Senate race between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick.

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Pa. Supreme Court orders counties not to count misdated ballots in Senate race

By Associated Press

November 19, 2024 at 3:46 a.m.

The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court has ordered Bucks and other counties not to count misdated...

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